Hi Dears,Praise The Lord....... (Please give me 5mts to read this) Butterfly Reading: Leviticus 20:1-8, 22-27 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it (1 Thess 5:24) The Book of Leviticus mentions the word holiness or its equivalent more than 80 times. It is from this book that apostle Peter quoted the curt commandment: Be holy (1 Pet 1:16; Lev 19:2). If God had stopped with this commandment, we would perish in guilt and condemnation. How can I, in a sinful earth, with a sinful nature, be holy like God who indwells in a sinless Heaven and who has not known sin? His expectation is lofty but not logical! Thats why He sent His Son in flesh and blood to give us a followable pattern for holiness. Growth in holiness is comparable to the construction of a building. It is neither by (our) might nor (our) power, but by Gods Spirit! (Zech 4:6). Progress in holiness is comparable to a race. It is not of him who desires, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy (Rom 9:16). Ripening in holiness is comparable to cultivation. He who plants is not anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the harvest (1 Cor 3:6). God is more interested in making us holy than we are in becoming holy! All the three Persons of the Trinitarian Godhead are working together to change us into the image of Jesus the central Person in Godhead. The miracle of miracles happens, which is this: God takes an unholy man from an unholy world, makes him holy, puts him back in the unholy world, and keeps him holy! Glory! The promises of God are as bright as God Himself! His exceedingly great and precious promises are just to make us partakers of the divine nature (2 Pet 1:4). After listening to me preach on the theme, Like Jesus, a bank official with eyes full came running and asked me, Brother, Do you really think a person like me can ever become like Jesus? I instantly replied, If an unseemly caterpillar can transform into an attractive butterfly, you surely can become like Jesus! He is now a glowing Christian because of this faith. Do not allow man or Satan to condemn you whether you stand or fall (Rom 8:31-34; 14.4). Keep on keeping on! God Himself will sanctify you completely; and your whole spirit and soul and body will be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thess 5:23,24). Resting on the faithfulness of Christ our Lord, Resting on the fulness of His own sure Word; Resting on His wisdom, on His love and power, Resting on His Covenant from hour to hour! (Frances R. Havergal, 1836-1879) Author,Pr.R.Stanley(from,stanleyonbible)
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:38:39 +0000
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